Technology museum

A technology museum is a museum devoted to applied science and technological developments.^[1] Many museums are both a science museum and a technology museum, and incorporate elements of both museum genres. The goal of technology museums is to educate the public on the history of technology, and to preserve technological heritage.^[2] They also may aim to promote local pride in technological and industrial developments, such as the manufacturing materials on display at the Newcastle Discovery Museum.^[2] Some technology museums may simply want to display technological items, while others may want to use them to demonstrate how they function.